List of ministers of justice (Thailand)

Minister of Justice of Thailand รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงยุติธรรม
Standard of the minister of justice
Incumbent Tawee Sodsong since 1 September 2023
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	King of Thailand
Inaugural holder	Prince Svasti Sobhana, the Prince Svastivatana Visishtha
Formation	1891
Website	http://www.moj.go.th

This is a list of ministers of justice of Thailand.[1]

List of ministers of justice

Siam (1891–1932)

Order (period)	List of people	Start the agenda	End of agenda
1	Prince Svasti Sobhana, the Prince Svastivatana Visishtha	1891	1894
2	Gagananga Yukala, the Prince Bijitprijakara	1894	1896
3	Prince Raphi Phatthanasak, Prince of Ratchaburi	1896	1910
4	Prince Charunsakdi Kridakorn [th]	1910	1912
5	Chao Phraya Abhairaja Maha Yuttithammathorn (Lop Suthat)	1912	1926
6 (1)	Chao Phraya Sridharmadhibes	1928	1932

Thailand (1932–present)

The functions of the Ministry of Justice lapsed during the following periods:

• A coup by Field Marshall Phin Choonhavan during November 8–24, 1947.
• A coup led by Field Marshall Sarit Thanarat during September 16–21, 1957.
• A coup led by Field Marshall Sarit Thanarat during October 20, 1958 – February 9, 1959.
• A Self-coup led by Field Marshall Thanom Kittikachorn during November 17, 1971 – December 17, 1972.
• The coup led by Admiral Sangad Chaloryu during October 6–8, 1976. and October 20, 1977 – November 11, 1977.
• National Peace Keeping Council oversaw operations during February 24, 1991 – March 1, 1991.
• The Council for National Security oversaw operations during September 19, 2006 – October 1, 2006.
• The National Council for Peace and Order oversaw operations during May 22, 2014 – August 30, 2014.

Number	Incumbent	Cabinet	Start date	End date
1 (1,2)	Phraya Thepwituraphahusarutabordi (Bunchuy Wanikkul)	2	10 December 1932	1 April 1933
		3	1 April 1933	20 June 1933
2 (1–3)	Phraya Nitisardpisan (Wan Jamornmarn)	4	21 June 1933	1 September 1933
			1 September 1933	16 December 1933
		5	16 December 1933	22 September 1934
		6	22 September 1934	9 August 1937
3	Chao Phraya Mahithorn (La-or Krailerk)	7	9 August 1937	21 December 1937
4 (2)	Chao Phraya Sridharmadhibes	8	21 December 1937	16 December 1938
5 (1,2)	Thawan Thamrongnawasawat	9	16 December 1938	7 March 1942
		10	7 March 1942	1 August 1944
4 (3)	Chao Phraya Sridharmadhibes	11	1 August 1944	31 August 1945
6	Direk Jayanama	12	31 August 1945	September 1945
7	Phraya Nonrajvasuwat (Thongdi Nonrajvasuwat)	13	17 September 1945	31 January 1946
4 (4)	Chao Phraya Sridharmadhibes	14	31 January 1946	4 March 1946
8	Luang Chamnarnnitikaset (Uthai Sangmanee)	15	24 March 1946	11 June 1946
5 (3–5)	Thawan Thamrongnawasawat	16	11 June 1946	23 August 1946
		17	23 August 1946	30 May 1947
		18	23 August 1946	8 November 1947
9	Seni Pramoj	19	24 November 1947	21 February 1948
10 (1)	Phraya Attargarinipon (Sitti Chulnanon)	20	21 February 1948	8 April 1948
11 (1,2)	Phra Manulparnwimonsard (Chom Jamornmarn)	21	8 April 1948	25 June 1949
		22	25 June 1949	18 July 1950
12 (1)	Liang Chaiyakarn		18 July 1950	11 January 1951
13 (1,2)	Khemmachart Bunyarattaphan		11 January 1951	29 November 1951
		23	29 November 1951	6 December 1951
14 (1,2)	Phra Nititharnpiset (Chub Matayomchan)	24	6 December 1951	24 March 1952
		25	24 March 1952	July 1896
15	Phraya Latphreethamprakal (Wong Latphree)		31 July 1953	21 March 1957
12 (2)	Liang Chaiyakarn	26	21 March 1957	16 September 1957
10 (2,3)	Phraya Attargarinipon (Sitti Chulnanon)	27	21 September 1957	1 January 1958
		28	1 January 1958	31 January 1958
16	Phra Dullayapaksuwaman (Bin Patthamathan)	28	4 February 1958	20 October 1958
10 (4.5)	Phraya Attargarinipon (Sitti Chulnanon)	29	9 February 1959	8 December 1963
		30	8 December 1963	7 March 1969
17	Luang Jumrulnetisard (Jumrul Poshyananda)	31	9 March 1969	17 November 1971
18	Kamol Wanprapa	32	18 December 1972	14 October 1973
19	Prakob Hutasingh	33	14 October 1973	22 May 1974
20	Kitti Sihannan	34	27 May 1974	15 February 1975
21	Thiam Chaiyanan	35	15 February 1975	14 March 1975
22	Yai Sawichart	36	14 March 1975	8 January 1976
23	Boonteng Thongsawat		8 January 1976	20 April 1976
24	Prasit Kanchanawat	37	20 April 1976	25 September 1976
25 (1)	Chuan Leekpai	38	25 September 1976	6 October 1976
26	Sena Rattamalai	39	8 October 1976	20 October 1977
27	Sutham Patrakom	40	11 November 1977	12 May 1979
		41	20 May 1979	3 March 1980
25 (2)	Chuan Leekpai	42	3 March 1980	5 March 1981
28	Marut Bunnag		11 March 1981	19 March 1983
29	Pipob Asitirat	43	30 April 1983	5 August 1986
30	Sa-ard Piyawan	44	11 August 1986	3 August 1988
31	Jamrus Mungkalarat	45	9 August 1988	9 December 1990
32	Uthai Pimjaichon	46	14 December 1990	23 February 1991
33	Prapas Ouychai	47	6 March 1991	22 March 1992
34	Sawat Khamprakorb	48	17 April 1992	9 June 1992
35	Wichien Watanakun	49	18 June 1992	23 September 1992
36 (1)	Suwit Khunkitti	50	29 September 1992	15 September 1993
37	Sawai Pattano	50	23 September 1993	12 July 1995
38	Chalerm Yubamrung	51	18 July 1995	24 November 1996
36 (2)	Suwit Khunkitti	52	29 November 1996	8 November 1997
39	Suthat Ngernmuen	53	14 November 1997	9 November 2000
40 (1)	Phongthep Thepkanjana	54	17 February 2001	5 March 2002
41	Chaturon Chaisang	54	5 March 2002	3 October 2002
42	Purachai Piamsomboon	54	3 October 2002	8 February 2003
40 (2)	Phongthep Thepkanjana	54	8 February 2003	11 March 2005
43	Suwat Liptapanlop	55	11 March 2005	2 August 2005
44	Chitchai Wannasathit	55	2 August 2005	19 September 2006
45	Charnchai Likhitjitta	56	9 October 2006	6 February 2008
46	Sompong Amornvivat	57	6 February 2008	9 September 2008
47	Somsak Kiatsuranont	58	24 September 2008	2 December 2008
48	Pirapan Salirathavibhaga	59	20 December 2008	9 August 2011
49	Pracha Promnok	60	9 August 2011	30 June 2013
50	Chaikasem Nitisiri	60	30 June 2013	22 May 2014
51	Paiboon Koomchaya	61	30 August 2014	5 December 2016
-	Wissanu Krea-ngam (Acting)		6 December 2016	15 December 2016
52	Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana		15 December 2016	23 November 2017
53	Prajin Juntong		23 November 2017	8 May 2019
54	Somsak Thepsuthin	62	10 July 2019	17 March 2023
55	Tawee Sodsong	63	1 September 2023

Timeline

See also

• Ministry of Justice
• รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงยุติธรรมของไทย (Thai Minister of Justice)

References

1. http://www.moj.go.th/view/14483^[failed verification]